Also known as Northern flank of the Parrita site
Where: Río Negro, Argentina (39.3° S, 68.4° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 48.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Plottier Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.5 Ma)
• According to Musacchio (2006) and Musacchio and Vallati (2007), this horizon is
•Coniacian–Santonian in age, but Garrido (2010, 2011) more recently referred this horizon to the upper Coniacian–lower Santonian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; yellow mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: M. S. de la Fuente, J. Sterli, J. I. Canudo and R. A. García. 2008. Una nueva tortuga (Pleurodira, Chelidae) del Cretácico Superior de la Cuenca Neuquina, provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [A new turtle (Pleurodira, Chelidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Río Negro province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 45(4, suppl.):25R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88181: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.04.2009, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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